// This example is meant to show how to automatically generate a json error response when something goes wrong. use actix::System; use actix_web::http::StatusCode; use actix_web::web::{get, resource, HttpRequest, HttpResponse}; use actix_web::{App, HttpServer, ResponseError}; use futures::future::err; use futures::Future; use serde::Serialize; use serde_json::{json, to_string_pretty}; use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult}; use std::io; #[derive(Debug, Serialize)] struct Error { msg: String, status: u16, } impl Display for Error { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> FmtResult { write!(f, "{}", to_string_pretty(self).unwrap()) } } impl ResponseError for Error { // builds the actual response to send back when an error occurs fn render_response(&self) -> HttpResponse { let err_json = json!({ "error": self.msg }); HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::from_u16(self.status).unwrap()).json(err_json) } } fn index(_: HttpRequest) -> impl Future { err(Error { msg: "an example error message".to_string(), status: 400, }) } fn main() -> io::Result<()> { let sys = System::new("json_error_example"); let ip_address = "127.0.0.1:8000"; HttpServer::new(|| App::new().service(resource("/").route(get().to_async(index)))) .bind(ip_address) .expect("Can not bind to port 8000") .start(); println!("Running server on {}", ip_address); sys.run() }